They lavish gold out of the bag, &c.] That they might not be tempted to think the Babylonians idols more powerfull then the true God; considering the Babylonians flourishing estate, and their own miserable condition; he mindeth them of the originall of their idols, to make them the more despicable and detestable. So Chap. 40. 19, 20. and 44. 12,—19. Jer. 10. 3,—5, 9. weigh silver] Jeremiah 32:9-10. in the balance] Or, by the beam. Heb. reed. or, cane. the beam put for the balance. and hire] Or, they hire. a goldsmith] Heb. founder; or, finer. Chap. 41. 7. he maketh it a god] Chap. 44. 10. they fall down] Chap. 45. 20.